Practical rowing with scull and sweep by Stevens Arthur Wesselhoeft 1875- & Darling Eugene Abraham

Author:Stevens, Arthur Wesselhoeft, 1875- & Darling, Eugene Abraham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Rowing, Physical education and training
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and company
Published: 1906-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

of his elbows, and note that they are by the sides, not out at right angles to the body. The lifting of the body in this case involves considerably more of a pull than is required in puUing an oar through in rowing, and it incidentally shows how we go about it when we have a really severe task to accomplish. It shows better than any amount of discussion can, what position in relation to that other horizontal bar, the oar, the arms and hands should occupy during the stroke, if we wish to use our strength most directly and economically. And although we don't have to lift such a heavy weight in rowing, nor could and get very far, still the more power we get in the stroke the faster the crew will go, and we may keep the experience of pulling ourselves up to our chin as a €ort of ideal performance or model to go by in pulling an oar.

Overworking the Recover

Remember always what you are doing in the

boat, — rowing, — and don't let it degenerate into

recovering. A crew that makes hard work of its

recovery will have very little strength left to row

with. If anything is to be sacrificed, let it be the

recover rather than the stroke. If the recover gets

to be hardworked, it ceases to be of value even as

a recovery. It fatigues instead of rests the crew,

and more quickly, because it is a more unnatural

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effort than the work of rowing a stroke. When man and his ancestors stood upright, they were able to do so through the use of the muscles of the back. Gravity took care of the forward or downward movement of the body, and as a result the muscles in the anterior part of the body are less adapted to pulling the body forward than the muscles of the posterior regions are to lift the body against the force of gravitation and to hold it upright. Coming back again to rowing, it must be conceded that to be natural, as well as progressive, the stress should be laid on the stroke rather than upon the recovery. And while we have spoken of the use of toe-straps in drawing the boat up under one in recovery, this must not be interpreted as a thing to be done at the expense of undue energy. The idea of stealing a march on the boat in recovering—in getting out to the full reach for another stroke before the boat has had a chance to stop — the idea of stealing should suggest an action carried out on as inconspicuous lines as possible. In fact, everything must be subordinated to the idea of rowing.

Slow and Slowed Slides

It may not come amiss to consider here the difference between a slow slide and a slowed slide. The slowed slide has been considered at some

length earlier in this work. Its underlying idea is that of helping the boat between strokes by pulling her along with the aid of the toe-straps.

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